Anniversary Biking

As part of our thirtieth anniversary we agreed to purchase a good bike. We found one that suited our budget and this bike shop provided a year's worth of back up service as part of the deal. The bike brand is 'Giant' and it has 24 gears: that's 3 at the pedals and a choice of eight at the back axel. The gear changing is smooth and Barb has found that hills she would normally have walked up with our old bike she can now ride.

On our first excursion with the new bike we found that we could not ride too far because our old bike 'played up' slipping cogs and eventually could only work on one gear. But at least we had 'hit the road'. We found an easy route from our home to join the bike track beside the Ring Road freeway and we biked along that.

On our second excursion, still with the old bike in tow, we road the other way along the Ring Road bike track to a shopping centre. We found we were able to park our bikes near our table at an open cafe and enjoyed a coffee. This was like the ultimate luxury: the day perfect, we were actually biking, and the coffee and service of the highest order.